Seatbelts, Helmets and Sunscreen
When you come off a motorcycle at anything over five miles an hour, common sense is going to tell you that you might want something between your head and the concrete. I mean, that is if you have anything up there to protect in the first place. Obviously, most Americans must not, because it appears we need a law that tells us that a helmet is, not only a good idea, but also required.
What about seatbelts? Sure, they'll keep you from being launched through the windshield like a missile in a head-on collision. It's just as likely that it might keep you from getting out of that car as it goes up in flames, though. So why is there a law requiring their use?
When it was determined that airbags can cause serious injury, if not death, just as easily as they can save lives, their use was made optional. While all cars now come with airbags standard, there is no law against having your mechanic disable them. No law enforcement officer is going to ask you for "proof of airbag."
When did we, as a society, become so apathetic that we are no longer capable of determining how to keep ourselves out of harms way without laws dictating to us the proper measures that we must take? As adults, we are not meant to have a parent-figure lead us around by the hand, constantly protecting us from potential danger. That is how you treat children. Laws are supposed to be meant to protect us from each other, not from our own stupidity.
If we really are that incompetent, then I feel I must propose this law before it is too late: Mandatory sunscreen of at least SPF25.
Think about it. Everyone knows that radiation from the sun is harmful to the human body. It has been proven that prolonged exposure to the sun's rays can cause skin cancer. When a patient requires chemotherapy, and possibly surgery, because he or she didn't have enough sense to wear sunscreen while on vacation at the beach, who do you think is going to pay for that? Why, we will, of course! That is what our medical insurance premiums are for. Isn't that what it's really all about, anyway - the money?
We really don't care if someone gets hurt or killed because they weren't wearing their seatbelt or their helmet. We couldn't care less. We just don't want to have to pay for it!
Seriously folks, I suggest that you all write to your senator and encourage him or her to vote for the National Sunscreen Act before it's too late...
